Pituso en "blackface": una mascarada racial en "Fortunata y Jacinta."

This article examines the concept of race in the Hispanic world during the late 19th century through an analysis of the "blackface" make-up technique referred to in the episode about the false heir to the character Juanito Santa Cruz in the book "Fortunata y Jacinta" by Spanish author Benito Pérez G...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Hispanic Review Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 189 - 205
Main Author: Surwillo, Lisa
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2010
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Summary:This article examines the concept of race in the Hispanic world during the late 19th century through an analysis of the "blackface" make-up technique referred to in the episode about the false heir to the character Juanito Santa Cruz in the book "Fortunata y Jacinta" by Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós. It explains that Galdós used this technique to address, among other things, class differences between the Spanish middle and working classes on the one hand and colonial slaves on the other.